Sandal.



C. B. SLOCUM.

'SANDAL.

, APPLICATION FILED AUG-27 1914.

1,142,854, Patented June 15, 1915.

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QHARLES BEURGAN SLOCUM, OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.

"saivnnn Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed August 27, 1914. Serial No. 858,979.

To all whom itmag concern -Be it known that I, CHARLES-B. SLooUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sandals, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to sandals and consists in. certain improvements in the. construction thereof as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

The sandal is especially designed for use with shoes in places such as ice cream factories where the sloppy conditions of the floor make it desirable to lift the sole of the shoe above the floor.

Thainvention is illustrated in the accompanyingf'drawings as follows:

Figure 1 shows a. vertical longitudinal section through" the center of the sandal. Fig.. 2 a plan View.

The sandal is formed of a rear part 1 and a fore part2. These are preferably formed of wood. They are joined by a hinge 3'preferably arranged just back of the ball of the foot. The hinge has a pintle 4 near the upper surface of the sandal and. leaves 5--5 extend downwardly between the parts 1 and 2. At the bottom of the sandal the leaves are bent and have the extensions '6'6 extending to the front and rear of the joint.

These. extensions are secured to the bottom' of the sandal by round headed screws 7 forming projections or lugs to prevent slipping. A heel guard 8 is provided to which the securing straps 9 are secured and the strap 10 is secured to the fore part. A protecting plate 11 is arranged on the 'heel giving the heel a wearing surface. The articulated structure of the sandal tends to give to the parts front of and back of the joint a slight longitudinal'movementas the Joint is flexed. This tends to wear the bottom of the sole of the sandal. With the present construction the leaves of the hinge areutilized to take this wear and at the same time make a more secure fastening of the hinge with the parts of the sandal. Headed fastening devices are preferable in that they not only secure the hinge leaves to the sandal but prevent slipping.

What I claim as new'is:-

1. A sandal comprising a fore part, a rear part, and a hinge joining said parts, the axis of the hinge being near the top of the sandal and the leaves of the hinge extending downwardly between the parts, the forward leaf extending forwardly forming a wearing surface for the bottom of the fore part of the sandal.

- 2. A sandal comprising a fore part, a rear part, a hinge joining said'parts, the axis of the hinge being near the top of the sandal and the leaves of the hinge extending downaxis of the hinge beingnearthe top of the sandal and the leaves extending downwardly between the parts, the forward leaf extending forwardly along the bottom surface of the fore part and the rear'leaf ex-' tending rearwardly along the bottom of the rear part forming a wearing surface for the bottom of the sandal adjacent to the joint.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the'pre'sence of two subscribing witnesses.

T. J. MARTIN. 

